Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate

Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate (海賊とよばれた男) is a 2016 Japanese drama film directed by Takashi Yamazaki. It is based on the 2012 novel of same name (in Japanese) by Naoki Hyakuta. It was released in Japan on December 10, 2016.^[2]

Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate
海賊とよばれた男
Directed by	Takashi Yamazaki
Screenplay by	Takashi Yamazaki
Based on	A Man Called Pirate by Naoki Hyakuta
Starring	Junichi Okada Hidetaka Yoshioka Shōta Sometani Ryohei Suzuki Tōru Nomaguchi Pierre Taki Masaomi Kondō Shinichi Tsutsumi Haruka Ayase Jun Kunimura Kaoru Kobayashi
Cinematography	Kōzō Shibasaki
Music by	Naoki Satō
Production companies	Nippon TV Kodansha Toho J Storm Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation Dentsu Robot Communications Horipro Shirogumi D.N. Dream Partners East Japan Marketing & Communications Office Abe Shuji Yomiuri Shimbun Nikkatsu Sony Music Entertainment Japan Sapporo Television Broadcasting Miyagi Television Broadcasting Shizuoka Daiichi Television Chūkyō Television Broadcasting Hiroshima Telecasting Yamaguchi Broadcasting Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation [1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	December 10, 2016 (2016-12-10) (Japan)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

Cast

• Junichi Okada as Tetsuzō Kunioka (based on Sazō Idemitsu)
• Hidetaka Yoshioka as Tadashi Shinonome
• Shōta Sometani as Yoshio Hasebe
• Ryohei Suzuki as Kōtarō Takechi
• Tōru Nomaguchi as Kōichi Kashiwai
• Pierre Taki as Sōhei Fujimoto
• Haru Kuroki as Hatsumi Ogawa
• Ken Mitsuishi as Makio Kunioka
• Haruka Ayase as Yuki Kunioka, Tetsuzō's wife
• Shinichi Tsutsumi as Tatsurō Morita
• Masaomi Kondō (special appearance) as Shōtarō Kida
• Jun Kunimura as Takumi Torikawa
• Kaoru Kobayashi as Jisaku Kōga
• Kenichi Yajima
• Rakuto Tochihara

Awards

Award ceremony	Category	Recipients	Result
40th Japan Academy Prize	Best Actor	Junichi Okada	Nominated